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A Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Delray
Beach, Florida, was held in the Council Chambers at 7:00 P.M., Mon-
day, September 22, 1980, with Mayor Leon M. Weekes presiding, City
Manager J. Eldon Mariott, Assistant City Attorney Herbert W. A. Thiele
and Council Members Malcolm T. Bird, Charlotte G. Durante, James H.
Scheifley and Willard V. Young present.
Mayor Weekes called the meeting to order and announced that
same had been called for the purpose of considering ranking engineer-
ing firms for design of a water storage tank, pump station and water
line.
Mayor Weekes advised that each of the five firms will be allowed
ten minutes for a presentation, taken in alphabetical order. Mayor
Weekes recommended that the firms be ranked number one choice - 1 point,
number two choice - 2 points, and so forth; hence, the firm with the
lowest points would be the number one choice. The votes will be a
matter of public record. Mayor Weekes asked that as a matter of cour-
tesy the firms not presently making a presentation wait in the Con-
ference Room upstairs.
Mr. Anderson of Barker, Osha & ~nderson; Don Ackler and Dr.
Villerette of CH2M Hill; Larry Robinson and John Whitmer of Gee ~& .
Jensen; L. F. Bell of Robert & Company; and Milton Hallman of Rus-
sell & Axon give presentations outlining their individual firm's
experience and capabilities.
Mayor Weekes thanked the firms for their time and effort and
favoring Council with their expression of interest. Council proceeded
with the voting.
The Assistant City Attorney tabulated the votes as follows:
Mr. Bird Mrs. Durante Mr. Scheifley Mr. Younq ~.a.¥or Weeke~
1. BO&A 1. BO&A 1. BO&A 1.CH2M Hill 1. BO&A
2. G& Jensen 2. CH2M Hill 2. R&A 2.R&A 2. CH2M Hill
3. CH2M Hill 3. Robert & Co. 3. Robert & Co. 3.BO&A 3. Robert C¢
4. R&A 4. RLA 4. G& Jensen 4.G&Jensen 4. G&Jensen
5. Robert & Co. 5. G& Jensen 5. CH2M Hill 5.Robert Co. 5~ R&A
Assistant City Attorney Thiele announced that Barker, Osha &
Anderson ranked first with 7, CH2M Hill second with 13', Russell & Axon
third with 17 and Gee & Jensen and Robert & Company' tied with 19.
Mr. Bird moved to rank Barker, Osha & Anderson first, CH2M Hill
second,'Russell & Axon third, Gee & Jensen fourth and Robert & Company
fifth, with the note that Gee & Jensen and Robert & Company, should
the Administration get down to that point on the list of negotiating
contracts, be done by flip of a coin since they were tied.
Before a second to the motion the following discussion was had:
Mayor Weekes stated Council is only mandated to order three, so the
fourth and fifth firms can be dropped.
Mr. Bird amended his motion to delete the firms of Gee & Jensen
and Robert & Company, seconded by Mrs. Durante. Said motion passed
unanimously.
Mayor Weekes declared the meeting adjourned at 8:10 P.M.
~ City Clerk
ATTEST:
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The undersigned is the City Clerk of the City of Delray Beach'
and the information provided herein is the minutes of the meeting of
said City Council of September 22, 1980, which minutes were formally
approved and adopted by the City Council on ~. /~ /~ .
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